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Your Social Media coming back to haunt you - Chapter Two: ImageryJanuary 15th, 2020 The last time I addressed this subject, it was somewhat on the "topics" you talk about, on social media and how they can potentially affect your business or career (The example used was talking about extremely left-wing politics in a very Conservative town, publicly, and how that had the potential for hurting your employment or business) I want to talk about the "how" you talk in public. By "public", I mean Facebook groups or pages, Instagram or Twitter accounts, web comment boards and the like that are viewed by a large portion of your "local" community - Be that physically local to where you live, or "local", in terms of your industry peers, colleagues and friends. There are two things to consider - We'll deal with the easiest one, first: Social media profiles and imagery. (The next article will be how you talk/write in social media groups) I am talking about what the public can see, if they are not "friends" with you, or even if they are not logged in to the social media site. The easiest way for you to see this, yourself, is simply to log out of, for example, Facebook, and then navigate back to your profile picture. What can you see ?
According to several interviews with many, many HR professionals, the two biggest "turn-offs" for hiring managers are imagery of drugs or excessive alcohol use. In other words: You with a glass of wine at dinner, or a beer in hand, at a campfire: Perfectly fine.
The reason for all of the above ? One of the first things a hiring manager does - be they hiring for McDonalds or Microsoft - is to do a quick google and social media search on your name and home town. At the end of the day: Everything you post about may well be perfectly legal and with consenting adults, but: When the choice is between you and "those" photos and the person competing for the same job or client, but does not have any such imagery showing - Guess who gets the call ? (Hint: Not you) As always: If you have questions or commentary, feel free to email me at marc@canadianisp.ca or comment on the CanadianISP Facebook page at https://www.facebook.com/CanadianISP/ Copyright © 2020 CanadianISP.ca / Marc Bissonnette, Ontario - All rights reserved - |
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